As I’m sitting here writing this, I’m stuck inside on a snowy day, the first of many to come in 2017. For right now, all is right in the world according to me. I feel no need to go anywhere, do anything, or even think about anything at the moment, I’m just enjoying my day off from everything in the world. Sitting in bed in a big sweatshirt and drinking hot coffee and cocoa is good enough for me today. After a couple of our infamous Nor’easters, however, being stuck inside all day with nothing to do gets to be too much for me to handle.

Some days all you want is to have a lazy and cozy snow day. Not having to go to work, getting to watch your favorite movies, or reading for a while with no worries of what else you could do with your day all seem to be such a great thing. Everyone knows that snow days are a great way to take advantage of a good hill for sledding to pass the time as well. Oh, it all seems so perfect and relaxing right now. And, for the first couple storms this is how the feeling is for most people (unless they still have to work which just makes this next part even worse.)

When it gets to be the end of January or beginning of February and it seems like we’ve been stuck inside for months on end, though, these snow days that we dreamt of start to turn into a nightmare. All you want to do is go out, anywhere and everywhere, and be out of the house long enough to breathe. Even if it’s for 20 minutes, you just need to escape the walls of your house that seems to be holding you hostage. You can’t bear another day of watching the same five shows on TV. Nothing can seem to keep you busy long enough for the storm to finally be over, not even your favorite pastimes. Not to mention, we’ve probably shoveled two or three times our weight in snow by the time January ends. (On the bright side, at least this is a good reason to skip the gym for a couple days.) New Englanders know all of this pain far too well, as sad as it is for us to admit.

So, I’m not sure how anyone else is feeling right now, but I’m not sure I’m ready for another unpredictable, record-breaking winter here in New England. The only way to get past it is to deal with it. Since we’re only just entering January, the end is too far for us to see but just think of all the humid and miserably days we’ll have in just a matter of months. For now, enjoy your lazy days in your favorite cozy spot because in a couple months it won’t be so enjoyable anymore. We’ve done it before, we can do it again.